05 May 2008 8:54 PM:

As a newcomer to this website, I feel I had to post this.

We have just returned from a holiday/reckie.  We stayed at la Reserva de Marbella  in a friend's apartment whilst visiting other potential properties in the area to buy.   The one thing which struck me the most was that there were so many properties for sale. 

Out of all the developments we visited (and believe me we looked at many) the one thing I found most disappointing about La Reserva de Marbella was the gardens.  Where are all the beautiful flowers, do they not grow in this community?  We have some beautiful photographs of other complexes, which were most inviting with bright beautiful flowers and shrubs and extremely well planted.    It was a gardeners dream and showed off their community well.  They seemed well watered and cared for. ........  Then we came back to La Reserva, and it looked so dull.  Trees infront of our apartment were yellow (think they should be green) no flowers apart from weeds in the banks, waterfall didn't work whilst we were there.

All in all, ..........  it is a beautiful complex, and I have set my heart on a property there, but keeping an eye on the market, and everything else.  We are just waiting to see if we can get a mortgage, as some people seem to be able to get one.

I know of the problems from reading through the blogs, but the views and peaceful complex (apart from the dogs barking, but they weren't too bad) are worth the wait.

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